Immigration
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and nine members of Congress to introduce the Freeze ICE Act to stop the rapid recruitment of unvetted individuals at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Since the start of the Trump administration, ICE has hired more than 12,000 new personnel and slashed agent training from 22 weeks to just 47 days putting untrained federal agents on the streets. The effort comes as masked ICE agents continue to make grave errors, including arresting U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, joined Representative Ro Khanna (CA-17) and 21 California colleagues demanding Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to deploy ICE or other immigration enforcement personnel at the u
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08) joined U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), along with Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL-05), and over 55 congressional colleagues in pressing Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency escalating violence in American communities on children.
WASHINGTON, DC — Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report revealing that the Trump administration’s domestic deployments of the National Guard and Marines have cost at least $589 million, more than double what the bicameral investigation led by Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) previously revealed.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) has joined over 100 of his Democratic colleagues in cosponsoring Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s (IL-02) resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Congressman Garamendi joined Representative Kelly’s impeachment effort following ICE’s recent operations in Minnesota and days after ICE agent Jonathon Ross shot and killed Minnesota mother Rene Good.
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) joined Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46) and House Democrats pressed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on the agency’s chilling actions of federal agents in California. In a letter to Secretary Noem, Democrats expressed deep concerns about the Administration’s lack of transparency when rounding up individuals with no criminal record.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman John Garamendi (CA-08) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to limit national injunctions blocking President Trump’s executive order targeting birthright citizenship: